Validation of new bioinformatic tools to identify expanded repeats: a non-reference intronic pentamer expansion in RFC1 causes CANVAS
Haloom Rafehi, David J. Szmulewicz, Mark F. Bennett, Nara L. M. Sobreira, Kate Pope, Katherine R. Smith, Greta Gillies, Peter Diakumis, Egor Dolzhenko, Michael A. Eberle, María García Barcina, David P. Breen, Andrew Martin Chancellor, Phillip D. Cremer, Martin Bruce Delatycki, , Paul J. Lockhart
This study validates new bioinformatic tools to identify expanded repeats, discovering a novel intronic pentamer expansion in RFC1 causing CANVAS.
The American Journal of Human Genetics · Jun 20, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics